Baxter loses one, wins one to highlight CIF track finals

OK, here's a sentence you've never read before: Sarah Baxter lost a race. The Simi Valley High sophomore showed Saturday at the CIF-Southern Section Track and Field Championships that even she is human, finishing second in the Division 2 girls 1,600-meter race, her first high school loss in either track or cross country.

Haley Sanner of Cajon and Karsen Sper of Thousand Oaks participated in the girls 100 meter high hurdles at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Vinnie Saucer (left) and Terry Johnson (right) participate in the boys 100 meters at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut. Saucer finish in first place.

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Abigail Smith of Westlake wins the girls 100 meters as she hugs her teammate Brooke Edell at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Sunita Shelly of Simi Valley and Brooke Edell of Westlake compete in the 4X100 meter relay at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Sydney Lewis wins the girls 100 meters division 3 at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Amanda Hamilton of Simi Valley starts the 4X100 meter relay at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Angelyn Caldwell of Thousand Oaks participates in the girls high jump at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Zack Bornstein of Oaks Christian participates in the boys discus at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Asha Culhane of Oaks Christian participates in the girls triple jump at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Xochitl Navarrete of Colony and Sarah Baxter of Simi Valley in the girls 1,600 meters at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut. Baxter took 2nd.

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Sarah Baxter of Simi Valley talks to Xochitl Navarrete who took first place in the girls 1600 meters at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut. Baxter took 2nd.

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Vinnie Saucer of Oaks Christian win the boys 4X100 meter relay at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Abigail Smith of Westlake wins the girls 100 meters at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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LJ Wiley of Thousand Oaks participates in the long jump at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Lloyd Siscard of Serra, Jordan Pitcher of Oaks Christian, and Diante Aiken participates in the boys 110 meter high hurdles at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.

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Jake David of Ventura participates in the boys pole vault at CIF-SS track and field finals at MT. SAC in Walnut.